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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What idea does Esk propose that the wizard's apprentice finds funny and curious?

2. What flows gently rather than appearing dramatically as on spherical planets?

3. When Simon gets excited, what becomes worse?

4. When Esk runs away from the caravan, what does she want to prove to the group and to everyone?

5. What arrives in front of Esk and Granny from which a wizard appears, recognizes Esk, and offers to accompany Esk and Granny to their destination?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to Granny when she travels to find Esk?

2. What do the dwarves offer to do for Granny, and what does she want instead?

3. How does Granny enter the University and what does she find?

4. What happens to students who fail to become wizards?

5. What does Granny pretend to do for the person in charge of the laundry operations?

6. What does Esk ask the man who is counting tobacco and what does he tell her?

7. What does Esk say that Cutangle finds fascinating and unprecedented but against the lore?

8. Who are the inhabitants of the Shades?

9. What happens to Esk when she becomes the mind of the stones of the University?

10. How does Esk enter the library and what does she notice that is different?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Create a brief portrait study of Cutangle. What does he look like? What are his positive personality traits? What are some of his negative characteristics? What are his hopes and fears? What motivates him through his life? How does he change from the beginning of the book to the middle to the end?

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast two settings for this book. Do these settings remind you of places that exist in the world? Why? Be sure to include geography, time, and any pertinent popular culture events. How does the location of these events affect the understanding of the novel?

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast the characters of Esk and Granny.

Part 1) What is their relationship? How do they co-exist and how do they interact? What is similar about them and what is different?

Part 2) What are some events that Esk has a direct influence upon? What are some events that Granny had a direct influence upon?

Part 3) Which character offers support to the group? Which one is stronger and why?

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